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Webster 1913 Edition

Collateral

Col-lat′er-al

(kŏl-lăt′ẽr-al)
,
Adj.
[LL.
collateralis
;
col-
+
lateralis
lateral. See
Lateral
.]
1.
Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side;
as,
collateral
pressure
.
“Collateral light.”
Shak.
2.
Acting in an indirect way.
If by direct or by
collateral
hand
They find us touched, we will our kingdom give . . .
To you in satisfaction.
Shakespeare
3.
Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief or principal;
as,
collateral
interest;
collateral
issues
.
That he [Attebury] was altogether in the wrong on the main question, and on all the
collateral
questions springing out of it, . . . is true.
Macaulay.
4.
Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional;
as,
collateral
evidence
.
Yet the attempt may give
Collateral
interest to this homely tale.
Wordsworth.
5.
(Genealogy)
Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; – opposed to
lineal
.
☞ Lineal descendants proceed one from another in a direct line;
collateral
relations spring from a common ancestor, but from different branches of that common stirps or stock. Thus the children of brothers are
collateral
relations, having different fathers, but a common grandfather.
Blackstone.

Col-lat′er-al

,
Noun.
1.
A collateral relative.
Ayliffe.
2.
Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.

Webster 1828 Edition

Collateral

COLLATERAL

, a.
1.
Being by the side, side by side, on the side, or side to side.
In his bright radiance and collateral light
Must I be comforted, not in his sphere.
Collateral pressure is pressure on the side. So we say, collateral circumstances, circumstances which accompany a principal event.
2.
In genealogy, descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not one from the other; as distinguished from lineal. Lineal descendants proceed one from another in a direct line; collateral relations spring from a common ancestor, but from different branches of that common stirps or stock. Thus the children of brothers are collateral relations, having different fathers, but a common grandfather.
3.
Collateral security, is security for the performance of covenants or the payment of money, besides the principal security.
4.
Running parallel.
5.
Diffused on either side; springing from relations; as, collateral love.
6.
Not direct, or immediate.
If by direct or collateral hand.
7.
Concurrent; as, collateral strength.

COLLATERAL

,
Noun.
A collateral relation or kinsman.

Definition 2024

collateral

collateral

See also: collatéral

English

Adjective

collateral ‎(not comparable)

  1. Parallel, along the same vein, side by side.
  2. Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
    • Wordsworth
      Yet the attempt may give / Collateral interest to this homely tale.
  3. Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal; tangential, subordinate, ancillary.
    Although not a direct cause, the border skirmish was certainly a collateral incitement for the war.
    collateral damage‎
    • Macaulay
      That he [Atterbury] was altogether in the wrong on the main question, and on all the collateral questions springing out of it, […] is true.
  4. Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
    Uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces are collateral relatives.
    • 1885, Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume 5,
      The pure blood all descends from five collateral lines called Al-Khamsah (the Cinque).
  5. Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
  6. Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.
  7. Coming or directed along the side.
    collateral pressure
    • Shakespeare
      collateral light
  8. Acting in an indirect way.
    • Shakespeare
      If by direct or by collateral hand / They find us touched, we will our kingdom give […] / To you in satisfaction.

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Noun

collateral ‎(plural collaterals)

  1. A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay. (Originally supplied as "accompanying" security.)
    • 2016, Otmar Issing, former ECB chief economist: Euro 'house of cards' to collapse, warns ECB prophet
      "The decline in the quality of eligible collateral is a grave problem. The ECB is now buying corporate bonds that are close to junk, and the haircuts can barely deal with a one-notch credit downgrade. The reputational risk of such actions by a central bank would have been unthinkable in the past."
  2. (now rare) A collateral (not linear) family member.
  3. A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.
    Besides the arteries blood streams through numerous veins we call collaterals
  4. (marketing) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).
  5. A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.

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Etymology

Recorded since c.1378, from Old French, from Medieval Latin collaterālis, from Latin col- ‎(“together with”) (a form of con-) + the stem of latus ‎(“side”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈlætəɹəl/

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